Show notes ly the way we va are in receipt of the fa following blowing notes from a ah il I 1 A missionary nary recently r e re arned from fart n arizon we left en january on the union onion pacific at 1245 a in on board j was a reverend cent leraan sileman of the pis ciple church with whom we soon be bei ernie anie engaged in conversation on the of utah arnd her founders from chith we gradual v drifted to the re e legious igioia worship of the ie latter day saints f their heir great temple and other macrea sacred r mg afore B fore we were aware of it dav lawn dawn was breaking brea kinc our talk ta bad d I 1 lasted five hours and none of us had slept slant a wink nothing unpleasant had bad lecul aw md tu it ing the conversation ari i of dersons ier sona gathered ar sin im ow kiy lii 14 ten tt u to wj bat at was said afna a bays I 1 ride oyer over a dreary deb des tiit wa arrived at the sierra nevada binom bains snow drifts and other of the ibe fierce winds were to he be sten tue roton rot ro ton t on the wandav ranea was an n eighth afan of an inch chiek ir ti liv ft 4 1 1 te t e elove wa pas as ta e 1 H ll 11 i dr in 1 ill i tle mis everine ever ine miler figu mu tamp iffet buniea ot nig lily 0 o j rt et r t wd ivi reached the at 1210 a in 7 feet atoe above WA loyel lu in the absence is nee of both the sun bin and the moor but little could be seen of this giant biami mountain seeD ec eDery erv As we wa deim into into the great vall val vally y v of the saw atnee to crossing dr the am n acan can river with wilh va bridge bridee and loves daylight came ogain and we beba d flowers grasse orange blos Boma eti et a very verv pleasant td to the tha frost of the evening be fore tr r here r areja ia sacramento Sacra sacramento meito the city of narrow streets reeta et smoke and wind it proved to be true to its name it is ia only thirty feet above sea level and about eight eight feet below the river level caused b jy abs tbs tb thousands of yards of sand washed down the river from the mountains n g above we remained here hare epim aso a in until p in and visited the magnificent state elate house while the legislature was in session on leaving sacramento we traveled a road d built on tres sels and turnpike for boat eix owing to the overabundance of n ater but from here it is one continuous farm green crass grass grAin alfalfa ets the co country u 13 t ry is ary rolling in places but not having to td irrigate there it is all good farming and aid 1 pasture kr grounds fine cattle etc can be seen at 5 p in we wre at ports porta costa here the train bohs pa on atif tok a steam stearn boat barge large jugh to I 1 c carry y four trains of eight tays cars and wid oae engine engina each the train aris wis carried a point of the bay acs then wi we sped on as before arrived at bakland Da kland kt lla p pm m took the boat and aroi crossed sed to san francisco in in seventeen and a half a distance of faurand a half miles M I 1 A |